St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an outstanding school. The school is very strongly led and managed.

The headteacher, leaders and governors make sure that very effective systems are in place to ensure that all groups of pupils make outstanding progress. Pupils make excellent progress and achieve very well in both English and mathematics. The number of pupils making progress above national levels is very high.

Reading is a very strong feature of the school and allows all pupils to make rapid progress across all subjects. Outstanding teaching makes certain that all pupils learn very well. Teaching is very carefully planned and delivered to meet all pupils' needs.

This results i...n pupils' engagement and enjoyment of their learning. Behaviour is outstanding. Pupils are completely involved in their learning and enjoy being at school.

They feel very safe and feel well looked after. They are always polite and respectful of each other. Social, moral, spiritual and cultural development is very strongly promoted.

Pupils have many opportunities to increase their social skills, to develop an awareness of moral issues and to explore different cultures. Spiritual growth is enriched through a wide range of activities. The marking of the pupils' work is mostly very through but occasionally they are not given quite as much guidance on how to improve their work and on how to move on to the next stages of their learning.

Information about this school

The school is larger than the average-sized primary school. Pupils come from a range of ethnic groups, the largest of which is White British. The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs supported at school action, school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is below average.

An average proportion of pupils speak English as an additional language. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for support through the pupil premium funding, additional funding provided by the government, is below average. The school meets the government's current floor targets, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress.

The school provides a breakfast and after-school club each weekday. There is no alternative provision at the school. There is a nursery and a children's centre on site which are not managed directly by the governing body and are subject to a separate inspection.